HERB GARDEN

Update - 27th October 2025

Updated to fix Purchase Fertilizer menu

Update - 3rd December 2025

Updated to fix selling 0f the harvested produce

Introduction

A compact all in one solution for your gardening needs!

Catalogue Details

• Name - Standing Herb garden
  

• Location - Activity > outdoor, Misc Appliances
  

• Preset - 15
  

• Price - 80 simoleons
  

• Polycount - 1038v/542p
  

Stats -

1. Health

• Tooltip will show the  the health status - Full/Okay/Sick
  

• Sick plants need medicine and will not produce harvest without treatment
  

• May fall sick after 2-3 sim days
  

2. Age

• Tooltip will show the  the age - young/midlife/old/non-productive
  

• Non productive plants will no longer produce harvest and needs to be replanted
  

• Normal Life Span - 5+ sim days
  

3. Moisture

• Tooltip will show the  the moister content - dry/full
  

• Can be watered every two hours
  

• Boosts a small amount of growth
  

4. Fertilizer

• Tooltip will show the  the fertilizer content - low/high.
  

• Using fertilizers will make the fertilizer content high.
  

• When the fertilizer content is low then the plant can be fertilized. If its high, the plant canot be fertilized.
  

5. Harvest

• Tooltip shows - Growing/Cutting Available/Produce can be harvested
  

• Very slow growth if left alone
  

• Encouraged by watering and using fertilizers
  

6. Can grow Mushrooms, Can grow Fruits and Veggies, Can Grow Flowers

Interactions -

1. Buy Essentials - Opens a Purchase menu from which you can buy seed packets, fertilizers, enriched soil and plant medicine





2. Clean and Plant

REQUIRES GARDENING SKILL LEVEL - 4+ FOR THE INTERACTIONS TO SHOW UP

- Depending upon the type of enrichments,planting will requiring different seed packets -

• No Enrichment - Starter Herb packet
  

• Mushroom and Berries Enrichment - Starter Herb, veggie and fruit packet
  

• Fruits and Veggie Enrichment - Starter Herb, veggie and fruit packet
  

• Flower Enrichment - Starter Herb, Flower packet
  

- Buff - New Beginings (+2 inspired, 120 sim minutes)

3. Enrich

- Can enrich the herb garden for -

• For Mushroom and Berries - Requires Enriched Soil - Mushroom and Wild berries Special. Grows  mushrooms and berries in addition to herbs.
  

• For Fruits and Veggies- Requires Enriched Soil - Fruits and veggies Special.Grows Fruits and veggies in addition to herbs.
  

• For Flowers - Requires Enriched Soil - Floral Special Special. Grows flowers in addition to herbs.
  

- The tooltip will mention the type of extra produce which is growing in the herb garden.

- The enriched soil will loose its value in 4 days and will need to be reenriched.

- Enriched soil can be bought from the Buy Essentials menu or crafted using the Mill (REQUIRES FUNCTIONAL MILL)

- Buff - Enriched Soil (+2 happy, 120 sim minutes)



4. Talk - Boost to social need and charisma skill. Buff - Botanical Inspiration (+2 inspired, 120 sim minutes)

5. Water - Small boost to growth. can water every 2 hours



6. Fertilize - Sims can choose to use 3 different fertilizers ( high quality, medium quality, low quality). Plant growth depends upon the fertilizer choosen. Can fertilize every 4 hours.

• Use Bargain Fertilizer - small boost to growth. Requires bag of low quality fertilizer.
  

• Use Great Value Fertilizer- medium boost to growth. Requires bag of Med quality fertilizer.
  

• Use Super Fertilizer- large boost to growth. Requires bag of high quality fertilizer.
  

- Tooltip will show the  the fertilizer content ( low/high)

- Fertilizers can be bought from the Buy Essentials menu or crafted using the Mill



7. Sell Cutting

- After a certain  period of growth, a cutting is available for selling. Simoleons earned can range from 150 to 250 simoleons. Selling a cutting will reduce growth of the garden and needs to be nurtured extra with water and/or fertilizers

- Tooltip shows when a cutting is available

- Buff - Bountiful Botanical Profit (+2 inspired, 120 sim minutes)

8. Gather Harvest

- After a period of watering and fertilizing, the garden will become ready for harvest.

- Watering boosts growth a small amount

- The higher the quality of fertilizer used, faster will be the growth.

- Selling cutting will slow down the growth.

- Will give Herbs ( unenriched), herbs , mushrooms, berries ( enriched for mushroom and berries), herbs, fruits, veggies ( enriched for fruits and veggies), herbs and flowers ( enriched for flowers)

- Buff - Heart Herb harvest, Mushroom and Berry Bounty, Flowey Harvest, Resource rich harvest (+2 Energized, 120 sim minutes)



9. Give medicine

- Plants may fall sick after 3-4 sim days.

- Can be revived by giving plant medicine

- Plant Medicine can be bought from the Buy Essentials menu or crafted using the Mill

- A sick plant cannot produce harvest

- Buff - Loving Care (+2 inspired, 120 sim minutes)

10. Remove plants -

- Will remove all the plants and new plants can be planted again with or without enrichment.

- Plants can be removed anytime

- If the plant is old then it has to be removed so that new youn plants can be replanted as old plants do not produce harvest.

Harvestables Supported - All base game, EP, GP and custom harvestables supported

Buffs -

• New Beginings (+2 inspired, 120 sim minutes)
  

• Enriched Soil (+2 happy, 120 sim minutes)
  

• Botanical Inspiration (+2 inspired, 120 sim minutes)
  

• Bountiful Botanical Profit (+2 inspired, 120 sim minutes)
  

• Heart Herb harvest  (+2 Energized, 120 sim minutes)
  

• Mushroom and Berry Bounty (+2 Energized, 120 sim minutes)
  

• Flowey Harvest (+2 Energized, 120 sim minutes)
  

• Resource rich harvest (+2 Energized, 120 sim minutes)
  

Gardening Essentials -

• Can be bought from the Buy Essentials menu on the Herb garden
  

• Can be crafted by the Functional Mill
  

1. Bargain Fertilizer ( 77v/124p)

2. Great Value Fertilizer ( 77v/124p)

3. Super Fertilizer ( 77v/124p)

4. Enriched Soil - Mushroom and Wild Berries special ( 458v/752p)

5. Enriched Soil - Fruits and Veggies special ( 458v/752p)

6. Enriched Soil - Floral Special ( 458v/752p)

7. Plant medicine ( 458v/752p)

DLC Requirement :  Base game Compatible

Made with Game Version : PC: 1.95.207.1030 / Mac: 1.95.207.1230

Conflicts: Should not conflict with any other mod

PolyCount : 2487v/1524p (high); 2080v/1150p (low)